It seems no matter how hard I try, I just can't get into Mondays. Maybe it's my fault for making it my busiest day of the week. Really, it's not even that it's busy - it's just long. I only have 2 classes, but both of them are extended periods so they are long, and they are spread out. So I'm just sitting on campus catching up on everything I didn't do over the weekend.

On top of that - I need to make sure I eat and work out.

It doesn't sound like much to most people, but it's overwhelming. I'm a chronic procrastinator so the amount of work I normally have to finish up is staggering. It's nobodies fault but my own, and I'll graciously accept that.

I'm trying to find a system for Mondays that work for me. Normally it consists of waking up, eating breakfast, starting homework, going to class, going to the gym, going back to homework, class 2 hours later, than home around 11pm.

The hard part is the gym. I'm having a hard time deciding if I'd rather do it in the morning before breakfast just to get it out of the way. If I did that, I wouldn't have to leave campus at all and I could just bust out said homework.

It seems like the logical thing to do, problem being - I'm not a morning person. I need to find the proper motivators to get that done. Exercise and motivation have been my bane this whole process. I like reading, movies, and games. I don't like getting up and being active in a gym. It's what I like to call - Fat Guy Syndrome. Even though I've lost a lot of weight, I still have a big man mentality. I'm pretty self conscious and well, I'm working on it.

Enough with the complaining already, sheesh I'm whiny.

I'm thinking I'll fall right under 1000 calories for the day. I only get a chance to eat twice really, plus a protein shake at the end of the day. I already ate my breakfast and it was delicious. Dinner will most likely be some sort of chicken or turkey meal with some rice. Than the protein shake will be powered down. If I keep with my usual calorie control, the two actual meals will have me right around 600 calories, and the protein shake will bump me up to 825. With exercise, that shall be cut in more than half.

I really need to find a way to eat more on this day, maybe I'll grab a protein bar from the gas station across from school.

Does anyone else have certain days where they find it hard to eat? Just can't find the time or simply forget?

I wish I could forget. Normally days like this is when it's the hardest to stay away from highly processed, high calorie foods. The whole day is a challenge.

All this in the name of weight loss.

-Charlie